Comines
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Christophe Bourgois, 29, a builder, said it was worth his while to drive to the French border town of Halluin from his Belgian home town of Comines.
From Reuters • Sep. 2, 2022
On the extinction of the family, the lordship was assigned by Louis XI. to Philippe de Comines.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various
Philippe de Comines was born, not at the château of the same name which was then in the possession of his uncle, but at Renescure, not very far from Hazebrouck.
From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George
Philip de Comines acknowledged that English archery excelled that of every other nation, and Sir John Fortesque states “that the might of the Realme of England standyth upon archers.”
From About London by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
This is a great truth, and my master acknowledged 188 it when I read it out of the book of Philippe de Comines.
From Francezka by Seawell, Molly Elliot
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